World-Herald Correspondent ParticipatesIn Nebraska Basketball Open Tryout

University of Nebraska-Lincoln senior Robin Washut was among more than a dozen students who participated in an open tryout for the Husker men's basketball team last week.

Washut, who is majoring in journalism, had been cut from his high school team (Lincoln High) two years in a row. He is a sports correspondent for the Omaha World-Herald and a staff writer for the UNL student newspaper, the Daily Nebraskan.

Washut wrote about his experience in a first-person account in Sunday's editions of the World-Herald.

So how did it go?

"The next time you see me at a basketball game, I'll be writing, not playing," Washut wrote at the end of the story.